Chapter 59: Hands Cut Off

Su Wan stared straight at Gu Huaizhi, as if to see through his clothes to his body.

Gu Huaizhi looked at her frivolous gaze and gathered his clothes with his fingers.

Su Wan was not at all pretentious, she stared at him with a calm expression, her eyebrows curved as she stuffed half a yam cake into her mouth. She tasted a bit of bitter medicinal flavor, just like the scent that filled her nose when he hugged her.

Gu Huaizhi pursed his thin lips, covered his mouth and coughed a few times, and closed his eyes then leaned against the carriage wall.

Su Wan withdrew her gaze, and thought about how to teach Fang Wuqiong a lesson tomorrow.

Those who bullied her, don’t expect to get away with it!

The carriage stopped at the entrance of the Gu’s house, and several people got off the carriage.

Mother Gu and Gu Huaizhi entered the yard one step ahead, and Su Wan followed behind lazily. Suddenly her sleeve was grabbed, she turned her head to look, and recognized the timid woman in front of her as the eldest daughter-in-law of the village chief’s family, Mrs. Hu.

“What’s the matter?” Su Wan broke free from Mrs. Hu’s hand and kept her distance.

There were a large piece of purple and blue on Mrs. Hu’s cheekbones. She looked at Su Wan timidly and said weakly: “Mrs. Gu, can you not go to town tomorrow?”

Looking at Su Wan’s bright eyes, Mrs. Hu curled her large jointed fingers and muttered uneasily: “The village is selling land, you can see if there is any land you want to buy.”

Su Wan looked at Mrs. Hu with an exploratory gaze, guessing the meaning of her words.

Not letting her go to town, staying in the village to buy land?

No matter how you look at it, it’s quite strange.

“You… if you have to go to town, can you come back earlier in the afternoon?”

Mrs. Hu was very uncomfortable, as if she had been seen through by Su Wan. She wanted to say something else, but when she heard footsteps, she said urgently: “You must come back early, remember, come back early!” After speaking, without waiting for Su Wan to react, she hurriedly left.

Mother Gu came out of the yard and saw a weak figure blending into the night. She frowned and said: “What is Mrs. Hu looking for you? Madam Jiang is not a good thing, don’t get close to her daughter-in-law.”

Su Wan said thoughtfully: “Mrs. Hu looks very pitiful, her body is often blue and purple, was it beaten by Madam Jiang?”

“Who else besides Madam Jiang? Mrs. Hu is weak, her heart is not bad, but she dare not defy Madam Jiang. You have an extra heart, and there will always be nothing wrong.”

Mother Gu was afraid that Su Wan would get along with Mrs. Hu, and Madam Jiang threatened Mrs. Hu to harm Su Wan: “We should stay away from the Song family.”

“Okay.” Su Wan responded, and holding Mother Gu’s hand into the house: “You rest early, you have to get up early tomorrow.”

Mother Gu returned to the room and made clothes for Su Wan.

Su Wan was over sleepy and didn’t want to sleep. She was thinking about Gu Jingyun going to school, and Gu Baozhu, who was only eight years old, also had to go to school. She turned out a piece of plain cloth and found a needle and thread to sew a small school bag for Gu Baozhu.

The next day, when it was dimly light, Su Wan got up with a strong spirit, ready to go to town early to block Fang Wuqiong.

When she opened the door and came out, she saw Gu Huaizhi coming back from outside, and his green long shirt was wet with mist.

Su Wan was stunned, looked at the gray sky, and then looked at Gu Huaizhi again: “Where have you been?”

Gu Huaizhi was upright, looked at her calmly. His lips were filled with a faint smile, and he said in a gentle and clear voice: “You said my body is weak, morning walks are good for strengthening the body.”

Su Wan responded with “um” sound, and her gaze wandered on his clear and handsome face. And she always felt that this man was in a good mood.

She didn’t think much about it. After washing, she told Gu Huaizhi, and then went to Zuixiang Pavilion in the town.

She took a glance at Fengwei Pavilion, which usually opened at this time. But today the door was tightly closed, and the entrance was wet as if it had been washed with water.

Shopkeeper Xu came out of the restaurant and stood next to Su Wan, sighing: “Mrs. Gu, Fang Wuqiong’s hands were cut off, and he was thrown at the door of the restaurant.”